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Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in the Pacific: challenges and leading practices
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Devignol, Lisa

2024
This report was produced as a key output from the Sea'ties Pacific Regional Workshop that was held between 10 - 12 July 2023 in Nadi, Fiji. The workshop was organised by the Ocean & Climate Platform, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), with funding support from the Fonds Pacifique (French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs), the PCCC, and SPREP through the technical assistance programme of the Kiwa Initiative. The report provides an overview of current adaptation challenges faced across the Pacific region, along with inspiring initiatives to address them. Findings in this report draw on insights gained from individuals as well as the workshop itself, and highlights that in a region where many islands are low-lying, the vast majority of the population lives by the ocean where the coast is rapidly urbanising, sea level rise remains an existential issue and is paramount to fast-track both mitigation and adaptation action.
Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in the Pacific : Challenges and Leading Practices
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, PCCP
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2024
Pacific Island Countries and Territories are facing rapidly changing ocean and coastal conditions due to climate change, and are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise (SLR). As elsewhere in the world, Pacific coastal cities concentrate population and valuable assets including well over the 50% of the region's built infrastructure.
Policy Recommendations for Coastal Cities to Adapt to Sea Level Rise
Climate Change Resilience, PCCP
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2023
Sea level rise results from the melting of ice sheets and glaciers and the expansion of seawater as it warms, caused by human-induced climate change. Coastal cities and settlements are particularly at risk of climate and ocean impacts and continue to attract an ever growing population which could exceed one billion people by 2050.
How to Survive Sea Level Rise, With Annmary
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience
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2022
Those water levels aren’t getting any lower. Roll up your sleeves and learn how to tackle sea level rise head-on, with AnnMary.
Sea-Level Change in the Pacific Islands Region
Climate Change Resilience
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2022
The engagement in the Pacific Islands Region (PIR) of the Pacific Department PARD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) includes supporting developing countries in the PIR through regional development forums and infrastructure finance. Given the vulnerability of the PIR to SLR (sea level rise), how precautionary should investors be when dealing with SLR in the Pacific.
COSPPac Monthly Climate Bulletin, September 2021.
SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience
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2021
For October to December 2021, the dynamical models agree on above normal rainfall for Palau, FSM, central Marshall Islands, most of PNG and Solomon Is-lands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Niue, southern Cook Islands and southern French Polynesia. The models also agree on below normal rainfall for northern PNG and Solomon Islands, Nauru, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Tokelau, northern and central Cook Islands, and the northern half of French Polynesia.
Sea level threat in Tuvalu
Climate Change Resilience
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Aung, Than

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Prasad, Uma

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Singh, Awnesh

2009
Recently impacts of climate change, in particular, sea level rise, a major concern for many Pacific island countries. In early 2000, there were a series of media coverage over sea level rise issues using Tuvalu as an example.
Freshwater ichthyofauna of the Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) Gateway in Viti Levu, Fiji
Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Boseto, David T.

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Copeland, Lekima K. F.

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Jenkins, Aaron P.

2016
The freshwater ichthyofauna of the Fiji islands remained poorly documented before the establishment of the Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) network. The PABITRA approach assesses biodiversity along ocean-to-mountain transects and promotes sustainable land use on islands across the Pacific. Multiple surveys of freshwater fish species along the Viti Levu PABITRA transect have contributed six new occurrence records and one new species to the known freshwater fishes of Fiji since 2002. In total, 21 indigenous species of fish (9% endemic) from 10 families and no introduced fishes were found in the three PABITRA sites. Diversity was highest (16 species) at Savura forest reserve and decreased further inland into Sovi and Wabu. The assemblage found is dominated by highly migratory species (95%) that traverse the different aquatic habitats (marine, estuarine, lowland and upland streams) covered by the PABITRA transect. This high degree of connectivity highlights several growing issues affecting aquatic fauna on the high island of Viti Levu. The reduction in forest cover along the gateway transects, especially in the terminal reaches, and infrastructure development such as dams and weirs have deleterious effects on the migration routes of the Fijian ichthyofauna. Several species collected are important food sources and have cultural totemic importance to local inhabitants along the vertical transect. This paper documents the ichthyofauna of the Fiji gateway transect, ecological characteristics of this assemblage, IUCN Redlist conservation assessment status and highlights factors affecting the fragility and resilience of these communities, particularly focusing on the importance of life-history patterns and watershed conditions.
The response of mangrove soil surface elevation to sea level rise.
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Anna McIvor

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Iris Moller

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Mark Spalding

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Tom Spencer

2013
Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves can reduce risk to people and infrastructure from wave damage and flooding. The continued provision of these coastal defence services by mangroves is dependent on their capacity to adapt to projected rates of sea level rise. This report exploresthe capacity of mangrove soil surfaces to increase in elevation in response to local rises in sea level.
2012 NIWA Climate & Sea Level Monitoring Trip Report
Climate Change Resilience
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NIWA

2012
This report summarises the installation of sea-level and climate monitoring equipment and associated activities as one component of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) demonstration project on Kosrae. This purpose of this component is to provide adequate baseline monitoring on Kosrae to ensure fit-for-purpose climate-related information is available to inform future climate sensitive decision-making and planning.

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